The Bagaš ( sr, Багаш, gr, Pagases) was a Serbian

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family that served the Serbian Kingdom and

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History

The word ''Bagaš'' is derived from the Old Slavic measurement with the same name. The family hailed from

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.Rosenqvist, p. 63 Some scholars believe that the Bagaš family was originally from

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while some other scholars believe that historical sources do not confirm it. Some scholars believe the Bagaš family was of

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origin.

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* Antonije Bagaš (''Antonios Pagases''), nobleman, took monastic vows in Mount Athos between 1356–1366, taking the name ''Arsenios'' (Arsenije). He bought and restored the ruined Athonite monastery of Saint Paul with the help of

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and became its abbott.Angold, pp. 160-161 * Nikola Bagaš (''Nicholas Baldouin Pagases''), nobleman, donated the monastery of Mesonesiotissa near Kastoria, Kastoria, together with villages, churches and other property to the monastery his brother Antonije in 1384. He was married to the daughter of

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. There were several Serbian noblemen to which Antonije and Nikola might be related, such as Baldovin and

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. Based on Nikola's surname (Baldovin Bagaš) some scholars concluded that they were indeed related.

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Sources

*Jan Olof Rosenqvist, ''Interaction and isolation in late Byzantine culture''
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Michael Angold
Through the looking glass
Byzantium through British eyes : papers from the twenty-ninth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, London, March 1995

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